Cyanthillium

Blume

Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind., 889. 1826.

Etymology: Origin uncertain probably Greek cyanos, blue, and anthyllion, little flower, alluding to corollas
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 204. Mentioned on page 67, 201.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA19 P15 Cyanthillium cinereum.jpegCyanthillium cinereum
Centratherum punctatum
Vernonia arkansana
Bee F. Gunn
Bee F. Gunn
Bee F. Gunn

Annuals (perhaps persisting), 2–6 (–12+) dm. Leaves mostly cauline (at flowering); petioles ± winged; blades ovate to trullate, deltate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, bases ± cuneate, margins serrate, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces ± hirtellous to densely piloso-strigillose, resin-gland-dotted, adaxial faces ± scabrellous or glabrate. Heads discoid, ± pedunculate, not subtended by foliaceous bracts, (12–) 40–100+ in ± corymbiform arrays (6–) 10–15+ cm diam. Involucres ± campanulate to turbinate or hemispheric, 4–5 mm diam. Phyllaries 24–32+ in 3–4+ series, the outer subulate to lanceolate, inner ± lanceolate, all ± chartaceous, margins entire, tips apiculate to spinose, abaxial faces ± strigillose, ± resin-gland-dotted. Florets 13–20 (–24+); corollas lavender to pink or purplish, tubes longer than funnelform throats, lobes 5, lance-linear, ± equal. Cypselae ± columnar, not ribbed, ± strigillose; pappi of ± 20 ± persistent outer scales, plus ± 20 caducous inner bristles. x = 9 (18?).

Distribution

Introduced; Fla., probably paleotropical in origin, now widely established in tropical and warm-temperate regions as naturalized ruderals

Discussion

Species 1–2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Cyanthillium"
resin-gland-dotted +, strigillose +, less hirtellous +  and densely piloso-strigillose +
rounded;acute +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
cuneate +
compound +  and simple +
ovate;trullate deltate oblanceolate or spatulate +
ribbed;nerved;ribbed;nerved;smooth +
lance-linear;more or less lanceolate +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
lavender +  and pink or purplish +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Fla. +, probably paleotropical in origin +  and now widely established in tropical and warm-temperate regions as naturalized ruderals +
Origin uncertain +  and probably Greek cyanos, blue, and anthyllion, little flower, alluding to corollas +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
pedunculate +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +  and 15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
less campanulate;turbinate or hemispheric +
sessile +  and petiolate +
entire +  and serrate +
subulate +  and lanceolate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
24 +  and 32 +
Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind., +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and ascending +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
Compositae +
Cyanthillium +
Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae +
apiculate +  and spinose +